Purpose: Provide participants with an overview of what is good assessment and what it looks like in a 1:1 classroom.

For Forms: Discuss all types of forms, but we will teach you how to utilize Google Forms for high order thinking.

  • Make sure everyone has a Google account
  • Walk through the basics of Google Forms.
    • Create a Form that is content specific.
    • Basic Google Form Assessment
    • Show how results are created and can be analyzed using the Form the participants just completed.

  • Participants will create a content-specific form
    • Create a formative assessment tool to help you identify how much your students already know about a subject.
    • It should be 3-5 questions long
    • If at all possible, create it so that you can reuse it in your class.
    • Please post your link to the form on our Participants Form Page .
    • Finally, try 3 of the formative assessments from the Participants Form Page .

  • Analyze your own form
    • What do you think about your form?
    • How do you think this will help you in your class?
    • What benefits do you see over traditional quizes?

  • Discuss Google Forms
    • What works well?
    • What problems/concerns did you encounter?
    • What potential alternatives do you have for formative assessment?